the romney camp revere ronald reagan especially because he brought back the country economically. when reagan was running for re-election, he was producing 350,000 jobs a month. that was a particularly weird recession created by paul walker and tight money. but it was managed and it cage -- came back quickly. we're coming back very slowly. doesn't that give romney and age. he said this guy ain't reagan. >> if you talk optimismically about the future, this is one for reagan. he was helped by the jobs picture but it was i have a vision of a new america. and he laid out a vision for the future. now between romney and obama, the one that can convince people that he has a plan and -- chris: isn't that right? it's about a plan for the future? >> yes. the strongest -- but the elements of the past -- the strongest thing about romney's argument on jobs is that it's a two-sided coin. he could say obama didn't produce the jobs. he didn't focus on jobs. what he did focus on was obama care and you don't want to have that, do you? so it's a double-edge sword. he can go positive, negative. it's